Evanston

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the person behind racist letters that were sent to at least three restaurants in north suburban Evanston this week.

Hussin Abdul-Samad, 21, vanished off Clark Street Beach on Saturday afternoon.

Lake Michigan waves were high on Saturday. The National Weather Service had warned on Friday night that anyone entering the water from Waukegan all the way to Indiana Dunes would be at high risk.

Several people called 911 to report a shooting, and officers found a man in his early 20's with gunshot wounds. He was later identified as Stanley Butler III.

As temperatures dropped Tuesday night and storms rolled in, some people on the water were caught off guard.

Two of the people rescued were Northwestern University students who decided to chase a badly thrown football into the water.

Pat Fitzgerald insisted things will be different for Northwestern this time.

There’s a mystery behind the deaths of three popular beavers that made their home at the Evanston campus of Northwestern University.

Scattered, severe thunderstorms are possible across suburban Chicago late Saturday afternoon.

The nation’s largest beauty store chain, Ulta Beauty, will be opening its first batch of shops in more than 100 Target stores next month including seven in the Chicago area.

Two people were hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning in Evanston.

"Apparently, the gentleman lost control of his car and drove it into our family room, which is normally where we sit. So, this can be replaced but thank God we weren’t home because we would have been sitting right where the car is."

Several suburbs say their annual shows will be canceled or postponed this year, while others say the festivities will go on as scheduled.

Middle school drama teacher Stacy Deemar, who is white, filed a lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the teacher training and lessons about race and racism discriminated against her.